Tuesday, November 27, 2018

The Week that was (in Football (Soccer)): Review of the top Leagues in Europe-part 33 (Week of November 20-November 12, 2018)


Note:
The purpose of this section is to summarize the week in question, it is not meant to give a full statistical analysis of the matches.
We live in a viral age and all that information can be accessed.
I welcome all contributions from anyone, even for the Leagues that I did not cover.

I.  England

Diary:
Tuesday, November 20, 2018:

-
Wednesday, November 21, 2018:

-Pep Guardiola will not be charged by the FA for comments he had made about Referee Anthony Taylor prior to the Manchester Derby. (Source Sky Sports Online)

Thursday, November 22, 2018:

-Davidson Sanchez (Tottenham) will be out injured for at leat a month. (Source L’Equipe online)

-English Manager Sam Allardyce has expressed an interest for the Republic of Ireland Manager’s position.  (Source Sky Sports Online)

-Brighton Manager Chris Hughton stated he is not interested in the Republic of Ireland Manager’s position.   (Source Sky Sports Online)
Friday, November 23, 2018:

-Glenn Hoddle has been released from Hospital is back home following his cardiac arrest weeks ago. (Source BBC Football online)

-In an interview with Univision, Jose Mourinho described Manchester United players such as Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford, as’Spolit’ and lacking in character. (Source extra.ie Online)

-Jose Mourinho cut short a press conference when he was asked about his characterizations of Shaw, Martial, Lingard, Rashford (see above).. (Source extra.ie Online)

- Former Trinidad and Tobago International defender from 90s and 2000s, Kevin Austin, passed away aged just 45 from Pancreatic cancer. He was born in England and had spells with English clubs such as Leyton Orient, Lincoln City and Swansea among others .   (Source Wikipedia Online)


Saturday, November 24, 2018:

-

Sunday, November 25, 2018:

-

Monday, November 26, 2018:

-Arsenal Manager Unai Emery stated that he had dropped Mesut Ozil from the match vs. Bournemouth yesterday for tactical reasons to combat Bournemouth’s physical game. (Source Sky Sports online)

-Darren Pitcher, formerly of Charlton and Crystal Palace, passed away aged just 49. (Source Daily Mail online)

-Former England defender Ashely Cole has been released by Los Angeles Galaxy. (Source BBC Football online)

-Manchetser United’s Victor Lindelof will be out injured for some time. (Source AS.com online)

-Manchetser United Manager Jose Mourinho stated that if any of his players feel pressure at Old Trafford, they should ‘stay at home’ and watch the match on Television. (Source Daily Mail online)


Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 22, 2018
Adalberto Panaranda (Venezuela)
Striker
Watford
2023
Sky Sports
November 22, 2018
Sadio Mane (Senegal)
Striker
Liverpool
2023
Guardian
November 22, 2018
N’Golo Kante (France)
Midfielder
Cheslea
2023
BBC Football

English Premier League Matchday (November 24-November 26, 2018):

Saturday, November 24, 2018:
Brighton 1-Leicester 1 (Glenn Murray 15 / Jamie Vardy 79 pen)
Everton 1-Cardiff 0 (Gylfi Sigurdsson 59)
Fulham 3-Southampton 2 (Aleksandar Mitrovic 33, 63, Andre Schurrle 43 / Stuart Armstrong 18, 53)
Manchesster United 0-Crystal Palace 0 (-)
Watford 0-Liverpool 3 (Mohamed Salah 67, Trent Alexander-Arnold 76, Roberto Firmino 89)
West Ham 0-Manchester City 4 (David Silva 11, Raheem Sterling 19, Leroy Sane 34, 90)
Tottenham 3-Chelsea 1 (Dele Alli 8, Harry Kane 16, Son Heung-min 54 / Olivier Giroud 85)

Sunday, November 25, 2018:
Bournemouth 1-Arsenal 2 (Joshua King 45 / Jefferson Lerma (own goal) 30, Pierre-Erick Aubameyang 67)
Wolves 0-Huddersfield 2 (Aaron Mooy 6, 74)

Monday, November 26, 2018:
Burnley 1-Newcastle 2 (Sam Vokes 40 / Ben Mee (own goal) 4, Ciaran Clark 23)

Top Goalscorer:
Pierre-Erick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 8 goals
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 7 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Manchester City
13
11
2
0
40
5
35
35
2
Liverpool
13
10
3
0
26
5
21
33
3
Tottenham
13
10
0
3
23
11
12
30
4
Chelsea
13
8
4
1
28
11
17
28
4
Arsenal
13
8
3
2
28
16
12
27
6
Everton
13
6
4
3
  20
15
5
2

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

II.  Italy
Diary:
Tuesday, November 20, 2018:
-The Serie A Award (Gran Gala’ del Calcio) nominees were announced. (Source Football Italia online)
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Samir Handanovic, Alisson Becker
Full-backs: Joao Cancelo, Aleksandar Kolarov, Alex Sandro
Centre-backs: Milan Skriniar, Kostas Manolas, Stefan De Vrij, Kalidou Koulibaly, Giorgio Chiellini
Midfielders: Jorginho, Allan Marques Loureiro, Marek Hamsik, Sergej Milinković-Savić, Radja Nainggolan, Miralem Pjanic
Forwards: Paulo Dybala, Edin Dzeko, Mauro Icardi, Ciro Immobile, Douglas Costa, Dries Mertens
Female players:  Barbara Bonansea, Alia Guagni, Cristiana Girelli
Coaches: Simone Inzaghi, Massimiliano Allegri, Eusebio Di Francesco, Maurizio Sarri
Referees: Daniele Orsato, Gianluca Rocchi, Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni
Serie B Young Player: Sandro Tonali, Marco Varnier, Antonino La Gumina

-Moises Kean (Juventus) became the first player born after 2000 to play for Italy in their match vs. USA. (Source Football Italia online)

-Napoli have denied Jonathan De Guzman’s recent claims such as chief medic misdiagnosing a hernia and refusing second opinion/surgery, as well as claims that Sports Director Cristiano Giuntoli had punched him. (Source Football Italia online)
Wednesday, November 21, 2018:

-Chievo’s Serio Pellissier criticized the recently departed Manager Giampiero Ventura. Pellissier stated that “it was like throwing away a whole month.” (Source Football Italia online)

Thursday, November 22, 2018:

-In another Footy Leaks report, it was revealed that FIFA dropped a proposed lawsuit against Juventus for the transfer of Paul Pogba (over suspicions of third party ownership) because they feared losing the case. (Source Football Italia online)

-Maurizio Zamparini has officially sold Palermo. (Source Football Italia online)

Friday, November 23, 2018:

-Gonzalo Higuain (AC Milan) had his two-match ban appeal rejected. (Source Football Italia online)
Saturday, November 24, 2018:

-Torino Manager Walter Mazzari has taken a leave of absence as precaution after experiencing a short-term ilness. (Source Calciomercato online)

-By scoring against SPAL, Cristiano Ronaldo tied Pietro Anastasi’s record from 1968/79 of scoring nine goals for Juventus in their opening 13 matches. (Source Football Italia online)


Sunday, November 25, 2018:

-

Monday, November 26, 2018:

-Gianluca Vialli revealed that he is improving after a secret year-long battle with cancer. (Source Reuters UK online)

-AC Milan Manager Gennaro Gattuso told Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini to ‘stick to politics’ after he had questioned Gattuso’s tactical choices. (Source Reuters UK online)

-The city of Genoa have offered to host the Copa Libertadores Final after the recent disturbances. (Source Football Italia online)

-Cagliari’s Lucas Castro could possibly be out for the rest of the season following a anterior cruciate ligament injury. (Source Football Italia online)

-Former Juventus Directors: Antonio Giraudo, Luciano Moggi and Roberto Bettega were acquitted of false accounting charges stemming from 2001. (Source Football Italia online)


Italian Serie A Matchday (November 24-November 26, 2018):

Saturday, November 24, 2018:
Udinese 1-Roma 0 (Rodrigo De Pul 54)
Juventus 2-SPAL 0 (Cristiano Ronaldo 29, Mario Mandzukic 60)
Inter 3-Frosinone 0 (Keita Balde 10, 82, Lautaro Martinez 57)

Sunday, November 25, 2018:
Parma 2-Sassuolo 1 (Gervinho 6, Bruno Alves 25 / Khouma Babacar 36 pen)
Bologna 0-Fiorentina 0 (-)
Empoli 3-Atalanta 2 (Antonio La Gumina 42, Andrea Masiello (own goal) 77, Matias Silvestre 90 / Remo Freuler 33, Hans Hateboer 40)
Napoli 0-Chievo 0 (-)
Lazio 1-AC Milan 1 (Joaquin Correa 90 / Franck Kessie 78)
Genoa 1-Sampdoria 1 (Krzysztof Piatek 17 pen / Fabio Quagliarella 8)

Monday, November 26, 2018:
Cagliari 0-Torino 0 (-)

Top Goalscorer:
Krzysztof Piatek (Genoa) 10 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Juventus
13
12
1
0
28
8
20
37
2
Napoli
13
9
2
2
26
13
13
29
3
Inter
13
9
1
3
25
10
15
28
4
Lazio
13
7
2
4
19
15
4
23
5
AC Milan
13
6
4
3
22
  17
5
22
6
Parma
13
6
2
5
14
  16
-2
20


P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

III.  Spain

Diary:

Tuesday, November 20, 2018:
-

Wednesday, November 21, 2018:

-Samu Garcia (Levante) will be out injured for two months. (Source L’Equipe online)


Thursday, November 22, 2018:

-Iker Casillas expressed regret for not confronting Jose Mourinho when he was in charge of Real Madrid. He believes Mourinho created a bad atmosphere at the club and great tension in opposition to Barcelona. (Source AS.com online)

-Sevilla have expressed their intent to exercise the buy option from AC Milan on Andre Silva. (Source vi.nl online)

-Spanish Manager Javier Clemente has expressed an interest for the Republic of Ireland Manager’s position.  (Source Balls.ie Online)

Friday, November 23, 2018:

-Bernd Schuster stated that Ousmane Dembele did not have the stature for a club like Barcelona. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Jose Mourinho has hit back at Iker Casillas by describing his statements as ‘an interview with someone at the end of his career’. Mourinho also stated that Casillas did in fact confront him but “secretly” . (Source Manchester Evening News online)

-Iker Casillas has reportedly turned down an offer from MLS’ Chicago Fire . (Source A Bola online)

-In new Footyleaks articles, It was revealed that in 2017, UEFA covered up the fact that Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos had failed his drugs test the day for the 2017 Champions League Final. Real Madrid denied this claim. (Source Bleacher Report online)
 Saturday, November 24, 2018:

-

Sunday, November 25, 2018:

-Barcelona’s Rafinha will be out injured for the rest of the season. (Source AS.com online)

Monday, November 26, 2018:

-Former Barcelona star Andres Iniesta blamed Jose Mourinho’s tenure as Real Madrid Manager for creating a negative atmosphere within the Spanish National squad between Barcelona and Real Madrid players. (Source AS.com online)



Photo From: L’Equipe, November 24, 2018
(Sergio Ramos)



Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 21, 2018
Iker Munain
Striker
Bilbao
2024
L’Equipe

Spanish La Liga Matchday (November 23-November 26, 2018):

Friday, November 23, 2018:
Levante 1-Alaves 0 (Youssef En-Nesyri 42)

Saturday, November 24, 2018:
Eibar 3-Real Madrid 0 (Gonzalo Escalante 16, Sergi Enrich 52, Kike 57)
Valencia 3-Rayo Vallecano 0 (Santi Mina 35, 61, Kevin Gameiro 76)
Huesca 2-Levante 2 (Christian Rivera 23, Xabier Etxeita 51 / Roger Marti 45, Emmnuel Boateng 74)
Atletico Madrid 1-Barcelona 1 (Diego Costa 77 / Ousmane Dembele 90)

Sunday, November 25, 2018:
Bilbao 1-Getafe 1 (Peru Nolaskoain 67 / Jaime Mata 77)
Sevilla 1-Valladolid 0 (Andre Silva 30)
Espanyol 1-Girona 3 (Borja Iglesias 74 / Cristhian Stuani 4, 6, Seydou Doumbia 90)
Villareal 2-Betis 1 (Gerard Moreno 52, S.C.Chukweze 54 / Giovani Lo Celso 90)

Monday, November 26, 2018:
Sociedad 2-Celta 1 (Mikel Oyarzabal 37, David Zurutuza 47 / Maxi Gomez 82)

Top Goalscorer:
Cristhian Stuani (Girona) 10 goals
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 9 goals
Luis Suarez (Barcelona) 9 goals
Iago Aspas (Celta) 8 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Sevilla
13
8
2
3
25
14
11
26
2
Barcelona
13
7
4
2
35
19
16
25
3
Atletico Madrid
13
6
6
1
17
9
8
24
4
Alaves
13
7
2
4
17
13
4
23
5
Espanyol
13
6
3
4
17
13
4
21
6
Real Madrid
13
6
4
3
20
19
1
20

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point


IV.  Germany
Diary:


Tuesday, November 20, 2018:
-Dietmar Schwager, a defender from 60s and 70s for Kaiserlautern, passed away aged 78.

Wednesday, November 21, 2018:

-Phillip Bangfrede (Werder Bremen) will be out injured for a few months. (Source Sport Bild online)

-Oliver Kahn is set to take an executive position at Bayern Munich. (Source Bulinews online)

Thursday, November 22, 2018:

-Michael Preetz has extended his stary as Hertha Berlin’s Technical Director until 2022. (Source Sport Bild online)

-Lucas Torro (Eintracht Frankfurt) will be out injured for a few months. (Source Sport Bild online)

-The first XI of the German National team was inducted in the German Football Hall of Fame. The Team: Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer, Andreas Brehme, Paul Breitner, Matthias Sammer, Gunter Netzer, Lothar Matthaus, Uwe Seeler, Fritz Walter, Uwe Rahn, Gerd Muller. (Source Sport Bild online)

Friday, November 23, 2018:

-

Saturday, November 24, 2018:

-Simon Rolfes will be Leverkusen’s Sports Ditrrctor from December 1st. (Source Sport Bid online)

-Schalke Manager Domenico Tedesco and player Sebastian Rudy have made peace after a discussion. The player had been unable to adjust to Tedesco’s tactics since arriving from Bayern Munich. (Source Bulinews online)

Sunday, November 25, 2018:
-Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness decalred that Niko Kovac’s job is safe. He did however, state that “internal discussions” are needed to resolve the team’s problems. (Source Bulinews online)


Monday, November 26, 2018:
-Arsene Wenger, as well as Zinedine Zidane, are being tipped as potential replacements for Niko Kovac on the Bayern Munich bench.  (Source Bulinews online)

-The official Twitter page of the Bundeliga has made a strange challenge to Moenchengladbach. They have told them that they can have the League title if they can get 50 million retweets of one of their posts . (Source BBC Football online)

-According to Bild, Uli Hoeness has banned Paul Breitner from Bayern Munich’s VIP stand. The pair fell out a month ago after Breitner criticized Hoeness and other Bayern bosses infamous press conference. (Source Bulinews online)

-Dortmund stated they would like to permanently sign Real Madrid’s on-loan Moroccan defender Achraf Hakimi. (Source Walfoot.be online)


Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
 November 23, 2018
Paco Alcacer (Spain)
Striker
Barcelona
Dortmund
Exercise buy option
L’Equipe


Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 20, 2018
Ondrej Petrak (Czech Republic)
Midfielder
Nuremberg
2020
Sport Bild
November 22, 2018
Joelinton (Brazil)
Striker
Hoffenheim
2022
Sport Bild
November 23, 2018
Dieter Hecking
Manager
Moenchengladbach
2020
L’Equipe

German Bundesliga Matchday (November 23-November 25, 2018):

Friday, November 23, 2018:
Leverkusen 2-Stuttgart 0 (Kevin Volland 76, 83)

Saturday, November 24, 2018:
Mainz 1-Dortmund 2 (Robin Quasion 70 / Paco Alcacer 66, Lukasz Piszczek 76)
Augsburg 1-Frankfurt 3 (Sergio Cordova 90 / J.De Guzman 1, Sebastian Haller 47, Ante Rebic 68)
Bayern Munich 3-Dusseldorf 3 (Niklas Sule 17, Thomas Muller 20, 58 / Dodi Lukebakio 44, 77, 90)
Hertha Berlin 3-Hoffenheim 3  (Vedad Ibisevic 12, Mathew Leckie 71, Valentino Lazaro 87 / Kerem Demirbay 1, Andrej Kramaric 10, Ermin Bicakcic 55)
Wolfsburg 1-RB Leipzig 0 (Jerome Roussillon 50)
Schalke 5-Nuremberg 2 (Steven Skrzybski 26, 84, Amine Harit 32, Guido Burgstaller 70, Bastian Oczipka 90 / Federico Palacios 38, Adam Zrelak 78)

Sunday, November 25, 2018:
Freiburg 1-Werder Bremen 1 (Luca Waldschmidt 42 pen / L.Augustinsson 90)
Moenchengladbach 4-Hannover 1 (Thorgan Hazard 7, Michael Lang 44, Lars Stindl 58, Denis Zakaria 71 / Bobby Wood 1)

Top Goalscorer:
Luka Jovic (Frankfurt) 9 goals
Paco Alcacer (Dortmund) 9 goals
Sebastien Haller (Frankfurt) 9 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Dortmund
12
9
3
0
35
13
22
30
2
M’Gladbach
12
8
2
2
30
14
16
26
3
Frankfurt
12
7
2
3
29
14
15
23
4
RB Leipzig
12
6
4
2
22
10
12
22
5
Bayern Munich
12
6
3
3
23
17
6
21
6
Hoffenheim
12
6
2
4
27
18
9
20

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
V.  France
Diary:
Tuesday, November 20, 2018:

-As part of ‘Footy Leaks’ reports, it was revealed that Monaco Vice-President Vadim Vasilyev received an interets of 10% for any plus value of sold players. (Source L’Equipe online)

-PSG stars Neymar and Kylian Mbappe were both injured in Brazil and France National team sfriendly matches and could be doubtful for their upcoming CL match vs. Liverpool. (Source BBC Fottball online)

-Alassane Plea made his international debut for France in their match vs. Uruguay. (Source L’Equipe online)

Wednesday, November 21, 2018:

-According to Edinson Cavani, the Ballon d’Or should go to a French player and not Luka Modric. (Source AS.com online)
Thursday, November 22, 2018:

-Monaco pair Kevin N’Doram and Jean Eudes Aholou will be both injured for a number of weeks. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Martin Gneba (Amiens) will be suspended for three matches for betting on League matches. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Nimes has been fined 20,000 Euros for the misbehavior of its fans in their match vs. OGC Nice. (Source L’Equipe online)

Friday, November 23, 2018:

-

Saturday, November 24, 2018:

- Thierry Henry won his first match as Manager as Monaco defeated Caen (1-0). (Source L’Equipe online)

Sunday, November 25, 2018:

-Eden Hazard stated that he would return to Ligue 1. (Source vi.nl online)
Monday, November 26, 2018:

-


Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
 November 23, 2018
Jordan Ferri 
Midfielder
Lyon
Nimes
Half season Loan (starting January 1st)
Transfer Market Web


French Ligue 1 Matchday (November 23-November 25, 2018):

Friday, November 23, 2018:
Lyon 1-St Etienne 0 (Jason Denayer 62)

Saturday, November 24, 2018:
PSG 1-Toulouse 0 (Edinson Cavani 9)
Dijon 0-Bordeaux 0 (-)
Nantes 1-Angers 1 (Majeed Waris 89 / Stephane Bahoken 5)
Strasbourg 0-Nimes 1 (Herve Lybohy 71)
Caen 0-Monaco 1 (Radamel Falcao 55)
Reims 2-Guingamp 1 (Xavier Chavalerin 2, Boulaye Dia 68 / Marcus Thuram 81 pen)

Sunday, November 25, 2018:
Montpellier 2-Rennes 2 (Andy Fdelort 45, 49 / Hatem Ben Arfa 5, B.Bourigeaud 71 pen)
Nice 2-Lille 0 (Wylan Cyprien 25, Allan Saint-Maximin 79)
Amiens 1-OM 3 (Bakaye Dibassy 8 / Florian Thuavin 26, 80, 90)

Top Goalscorer:
Kylian Mbappe (PSG) 11 goals
Emiliano Sala (Nantes) 11 goals
Neymar (PSG) 10 goals
Florian Thauvin (OM) 10 goals


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSG
14
14
0
0
46
7
39
42
2
Lyon
14
8
3
3
24
16
8
27
3
Montpellier
14
7
5
2
22
10
12
26
4
Lille
14
7
3
4
20
12
8
26
5
Marseille
14
8
1
5
27
22
5
25
6
St Etienne
14
6
5
3
19
18
1
23


P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

VI.  Holland
Diary:


Tuesday, November 20, 2018:
-Holland’s Javairo Dilrosun was injured in his debut vs. Germany and will be out injured for the rest of 2018. (Source Football Oranje online)

Wednesday, November 21, 2018:

-
Thursday, November 22, 2018:

-PSV Eindhoven commissioner Frank Arnesen has turned down an offer from Anderlecht to be on its Sporting Board. (Source vi.nl online)
Friday, November 23, 2018:

-

Saturday, November 24, 2018:
-

Sunday, November 25, 2018:
-

Monday, November 26, 2018:
-

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 23, 2018
Lasse Schone (Denmark)
-
Ajax
?
vi.nl
November 23, 2018
Robin Polley
Midfielder
Den Haag
2021
vi.nl
November 24, 2018
Ryan Koolwijk
-
Excelsior
2021
vi.nl

Dutch Eredivisie Matchday (November 24-November 25, 2018):

Saturday, November 24, 2018:
NAC 0-Ajax 3 (Jethro Mashart (own goal) 40, Zakaria Labyad 54, Klaas Jan Huntelaar 90)
PEC 2-Den Haag 3  (Thomas Lam 7, Clint Leemans 18 / Nasser El Khayati 17 pen, 24, Nick Kuipers 83)
Fortuna Sittard 3-Heracles 0 (Mark Diemers 17 pen, Finn Stokkers 31, Ahmed El Messaoudi 63)
PSV Eindhoven 3-Heerenveen 0 (Hirving Lozano 11, 66, Luud De Jong 52)

Sunday, November 25, 2018:
Emmen 1-Excelsior 2 (Anco Jansen 47 / Ali Messaoud 60, Ryan Koolwijk 89)
Utrecht 5-De Graafschap 0 (S.Van de Streek 15, Willem Janssen 17,Gyrano Kerk 24, Nick Venema 80, 89)
Feyenoord 1-Groningen 0 (Jens Toornstra 7)
Willem II 1-Vitesse 3 (Fran Sol 87 pen / Matus Bero 13, Oussama Darfalou 35, Bryan Linssen 44)
VVV 2-AZ 2 (Peniel Mlapa 30, Patrick Joosten 90 / Teun Koopmeiners 7 pen, Oussama Idrissi 15)

Top Goalscorer:
Luuk De Jong (PSV Eindhoven) 12 goals
Fran Sol (Willem II) 11 goals

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
PSV Eindhoven
13
13
0
0
46
5
42
39
2
Ajax
13
11
1
1
41
6
35
34
3
Feyenoord
12
8
2
2
23
13
10
26
4
Vitesse
13
6
3
4
21
15
6
21
5
Utrecht
13
6
3
4
20
14
6
21
6
Heracles
13
6
2
5
25
27
-2
20

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

VII.  Scotland
Diary:

Tuesday, November 20, 2018:
-

Wednesday, November 21, 2018:

-
Thursday, November 22, 2018:

-
Friday, November 23, 2018:

-Goalkeeper Trevor Carson (Motherwell) will be out injured for an unspecific time due to developimg deep vein thrombosis. (Source BBC Football online)

Saturday, November 24, 2018:
-


Sunday, November 25, 2018:

-


Monday, November 26, 2018:
-

Transfers
Date
Player
Position
From
To
Type
Online Source
 November 24, 3018
 Jan Mucha (Slovakia)
Goalkeeper
Free Agent
Hamilton
Purchase (Short term)
BBC Football



Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 20, 2018
Mikey Johnston
-
Celtic
2023
L’Equipe

Scottish Premier League Matchday (November 24, 2018):
Saturday, November 24, 2018:
Hamilton 0-Celtic 3 (Ryan Christie 13, Scott Martin (own goal) 68, Leigh Griffiths 82)
Hibernia 2-Dundee 2 (Genseric Kusunga (own goal) 1, Ryan Porteous 30 / Kenny Miller 45, Paul McGowan 47)
Motherwell 3-Aberdeen 0 (Danny Johnson 25, 30, David Turnbull 54)
Rangers 3-Livingston 0 (Daniel Candeias 20, Alfredo Morelos 83, Scott Arfield 88)
St Mirren 2-Hearts 0 (Adam Hammill 46, 55)
St Johnstone 0-Kilmarnock 0 (-)

Top Goalscorer:
Alfredo Morelos (Rangers) 8 goals
Steven Naismith (Hearts) 7 goals
Odsonne Edourad (Celtic) 7 goals
Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Celtic
13
9
2
2
30
6
24
29
2
Rangers
13
8
3
2
35
11
24
27
3
Hearts
14
8
2
4
19
15
4
26
4
Kilmarnock
14
7
4
3
19
12
7
25
5
St Johnstone
14
7
3
4
16
18
-2
24
6
Aberdeen
13
6
3
4
16
13
3
21
P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point
VIII.  Portugal

Diary:


Tuesday, November 20, 2018:
-

Wednesday, November 21, 2018:
-Benfica has been fined 20,000 Euros for the misbehavior of its fans in their matches vs. Moreirense and Tondela. (Source Maisfutebol online)

Thursday, November 22, 2018:

-

Friday, November 23, 2018:

-

Saturday, November 24, 2018:
-

Sunday, November 25, 2018:

-

Monday, November 26, 2018:
- Claudio Braga has left as Maritimo Manager by mutual consent. (Source Maisfutebol online)



Portugal Cup (November 22, 2018):
Thursday, November 22, 2018:
Benfica 2-Arouca 1 (-)
Saturday, November 24, 2018:
Cova da Piedade 0-Aves 3 (-)
Lusitano FCV 1-Sporting CP 4 (-)
Porto 2-Belenensses 0 (-)

Sunday, November 25, 2018:
Montalegre 1-Agueda (-)
Covilha 0-Moreirense 3 (-)
Tondela 7-Vale Formoso 0 (-)
Uniao da Madeira 0-Guimaraes 2 (-)
Pacos Ferreira 3-Casa Pia Atletico 1 (-)
Penafiel 1-Setubal 4 (-)
Leixoes 1-Anadia 0 (-)
Rio Ave 7-Silves 0 (-)
Espinho 0-Boavista 4 (-)
Maritmo 0-Feirense 3 (-)
Santa Clara 1-Chaves 2  (-)
Braga 2-Praiense 1 (-)

IX.  Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday, November 20, 2018:
-Agent Dejan Veljkovic has decided to cooperate with Belgian justice for a reduced sentence. Hehas been freed on conditions. (Source RTBF.be online)

-As part of ‘Footgate’, Agent Mogi Bayat’s transfer dealing of Anthony Limbombe (from Club Brugge to Nantes) was revealed. Even though, Huddersfield had offered more money, Bayat had transferred him to Nantes and gained more money than authorized (20% instead of the allowed 10%). (Source RTBF.be online)

-Dries Mertens revealed that as a teenager due to his small stature, Anderlecht had tried to push him to take growth hormones, but his parents refused. (Source Footnews.be online)

-It was revelaed that Yannick Carrasco’s real absence from the Belgian squad also week was due to the fatcct that he had broken the nose of his Dalian Yifang teammate, Jin Pengxiang, in training back in August. Carrasco had subsequently offered him 10,000 Euros. Apparently, Jin Pengxiang had refused the payment and pursued him in the courts and that was why Carrasco had problems with his passport.  (Source Footnews.be online)

-Standard Liege stated that its Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa was scheduled to return early from National Team duty and was not sent him as a disciplinary measure by the Mexican Federation as was earlier reported. (Source RTBF.be online)


Wednesday, November 21, 2018:

-
Thursday, November 22, 2018:

-Radja Nainggolan stated that he would never return for the Belgian National Team due to the “pathetic” excuses given to cut him from the World Cup. (Source Football Italia online)

Friday, November 23, 2018:
-Anderlecht have appointed its former Swedish player Par Zetterberg as an Assistant Manager starting Jnauary 1st. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Mick McCarthy has been named as the new Republic of Ireland Manager. (Source RTE online)

Saturday, November 24, 2018:

-As a consequence of Footgate, Belgium’s Minister of Social Affairs, Maggie De Block, has threatened with legislation to limit social subsidies to clubs/players if reforms are not made by the clubs . (Source Walfoot.be online)

Sunday, November 25, 2018:
-Michael Verschueren, son of Michel, is set to start his tenure as Anderlecht Technical Director.  (Source Footnews.be online)


Monday, November 26, 2018:

-Belgian Manager Georges Leekns has been dismissed as Manager of Tunisian side Etoile de Sahel. (Source Walfoot.be online)

Contract Extensions
Date
Player
Position
Club
Expiration Year
Online Source
November 22, 2018
Adrien Saussez
Goalkeeper
Union St Gilloise
2021
Walfoot.be

Profesional Contract
Date
Player
Position
Club
Online Source
November 26, 2018 
Vic Chambaere 
Goalkeeper
Genk
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First Division A League Matchday (November 23-November 25, 2018):

Friday, November 23, 2018:
Club Brugge 1-Zulte-Waregem 3 (Davy De Fauw (own goal) 78 / Hamdi Harbaoui 12 pen, Theo Bongomda 45,51)

Saturday, November 24, 2018:
Standard Liege 3-Eupen 0 (Milos Kosanovic 19, Paul-Jose Mpoku 39 pen, 79)
Ostend 1-Kortrijk 2 (Richairo Zivkovic 18 pen / Felipe Avenatti 26, 56)
Waasland-Beveren 1-Mouscron 2 (Apostolos Vellios 86 / Frantzdy Pierrot 39, Manuel Benson 73)
Genk 1-Cercle Brugge 2 (Leandro Trossard 90 / Joseph Aidoo (own goal) 26, Serge Gakpe 35)
Sunday, November 25, 2018:
Gent 0-Antwerp 0 (-)
St Truiden 4-Anderlecht 2 (Roman Bezus 8, Takehiro Tomiyasu 62, Daichi Kamada 66, Yohan Boli 90 / Ivan Santini 38, 52 pen)
Lokeren 2-Charleroi 4 (Guus Hupperts 16, Bambo Diaby 88 / Ali Gholizadeh 19, Cristian Benavente 57, Victor Osimhen 81, Jeremy Perbet 90)
Top Goalscorer:
Ivan Santini (Anderlecht) 11 goals
Ally Samatta (Genk) 10 goals
Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Genk
16
10
5
1
40
17
23
35
2
Antwerp
16
9
5
2
23
13
10
32
3
Club Brugge
16
9
4
3
38
19
19
31
4
Anderlecht
16
9
3
4
31
20
11
30
5
St Truiden
16
7
6
3
27
19
4
27
6
Standard Liege
16
7
5
4
24
16
8
26

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point



Diary (extra):

Tuesday, November 20, 2018:

-Tim Cahill made his 108th and final appearance for Australia in their friendly win (3-0) over Lebanon. He played in the last 8 minutes. (Source BBC Footall online)

-The ‘Golden Boy’ nominees were announced: Jusrtin Kluivert (Roma), Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid) and Patrick Cutrone (AC Milan). (Source Football Oranje online)

-Christian Pulisic became USA’s youngest ever captain (aged 20 years and 63 days) in their match vs. Italy. (Source Daily Mail online)

Wednesday, November 21, 2018:

-Martin O’Neill (along with his assistant Roy Keane) left his position as Republic of Ireland Manager. (Source BBC Football online)

-Mauritus Manager Corentin Martins is set to extend his contract until the end of 2022 World Cup qualifiers. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Julen Lopetegui has been linked as a poccibel USA Manager. (Source AS.com online)

-Danish player Niklas Bendtner has been sentenced to 50 days in jail for after dropping his appeal for assulating a Copenhagen Taxi driver. (Source footballchatter.net online)

-For the first time since 2007, neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Messi will be in the Ballon d’Or podium. The short list according to many reports are Luka Modric, Raphael Varane and Kylian Mbappe. (Source Footnews.be online)

Thursday, November 22, 2018:

-Didier Drogba has confirmed his retirement from the game at the age of 40. (Source BC Football online)

-Republic of Ireland player Matt Doherty described Martin O’Neill’s tactics as  Republic of Ireland Manager, as ‘old school’. He said players were not sure what their excat roles were. (Source extra.ie Online)


Friday, November 23, 2018:

-Martin O’Neill has hit back at Matt Doherty’s comments from previous day when he described the former Republic of Ireland Manager’s methods as ‘old school’. O’Neill was not happy and  has contacted Doherty O’Neill stated that Doherty was complaining because he had a peripheral role within the squad.  (Source extra.ie Online)

- Former Romanian International defender from 60s and 70s, Bujor Hălmăgeanu, passed away aged 77. He had a long spell at Steaua Bucharest.   (Source Wikipedis Online)


Saturday, November 24, 2018:

- CONMEBOL has proposed the idea of staging the World Cup every two years. (Source The Guardian online)

- Former Welsh Manager John Toshack has criticized two of his former players (Robbie Savage and Craig Bellamy) in his new book. (Source WalesOnline online)

-Mick McCarthy is set to return as Republic of Ireland Manager. He is set to be replaced in 2020 with Stephen Kenny, who for now will take charge of the U-21 squad. (Source Balls.ie online)

-The River Plate-Boca Juniors, Copa Libertadores Final, was postponed to the following day after Boca players were injured when River fans threw rocks at the Boca bus on its way to the stadium. The rocks broke windows and a number of Boca players were injured. (Source BBC Football online)

Sunday, November 25, 2018:
-The River Plate-Boca Juniors, Copa Libertadores Final, was once again postponed. (Source Sky Sports online)


Monday, November 26, 2018:

-

Friendlies:

Tuesday, November 20, 2018:
Australia 3-Lebanon 0 (Martin Boyle 19, 41, Matthew Leckie 68)
South Korea 4-Uzbekistan 0 (Tae-Hee Nam 9, Ui-Jo Hwang 24, Seon-Min Moon 69, Hyun-Jun Suk 81)
Japan 4-Kyrgyzstan 0 (Ryosuke Yamanaka 3, Genki Haraguchi 20, Yuya Osako 72, Shoya Nakajima 73)
China 1-Palestine 1 (Xiaoting Feng 9 / Yashir Pinto 62)
United Arab Emirates 2-Yemen 0 (Saif Rashed 20, Ali Al Balushi 66)
Nigeria 0-Uganda 0 (-)
Iran 1-Venezuela 1 (Ali Gholizadeh 43 / Darwin Machis 36)
Iraq 0-Bolivia 0 (-)
Jordan 1-Saudi Arabia 1 (Ahmed Samir 70 / Farhad Al-Muwalled 59)
South Africa 1-Paraguay 1 (Percy Tau 90 / Federico Santander 32)
Tunisia 0-Morocco 1 (Youssef En-Nesyri 41)
Turkey 0-Ukraine 0 (-)
Albania 1-Wales 0 (Bekim Balaj 58 pen)
Brazil 1-Cameroon 0 (Richarlison 45)
Italy 1-USA 0 (Matteo Politano 90)
France 1-Uruguay 0 (Olivier Giroud 52 pen)
Argentina 2-Mexico 0 (Mauro Icardi 2, Paulo Dybala 87)
Chile 4-Honduras 1 (Arturo Vidal 8, 35 pen, Alexis sanchez 61, Nicolas Castillo 84 pen / Alexander Lopez 40)
Peru 2-Costa Rica 3 (Edison Flores 20, Jefferson Farfan 73 / Jonathan McDonald 42, Allan Cruz 54, Joel Campbell 77 pen)
El Salvador 1-Haiti 0 (-)
Panama 1-Ecuador 2 (Harold Cummings 84 / John Cifuente 58, Enner Valencia 88)



UEFA Nations League-League A-Group 3:

Tuesday, November 20, 2018:
Portugal 1-Poland 1 (Andre Silva 34 / Arkadiusz Milik 66 pen)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Portugal
4
2
2
0
5
3
2
8
2
Italy
4
1
2
1
2
2
0
5
3
Poland
4
0
2
2
4
6
-2
2

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

Note:
1-Portugal has qualified to the Championship play-off, while Poland has been relegated to Group B.


Tuesday, November 20, 2018:
Sweden 2-Russia 0 (Victor Lindelof 41, Marcus Berg 72 )

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Sweden
4
2
1
1
5
3
2
7
2
Russia
4
2
1
1
4
3
1
7
3
Turkey
4
1
0
3
4
7
-3
3

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

Note:
1-Sweden has been promoted to Group A, while Turkey has been relegated to Group C.


UEFA Nations League-League C-Group 1:

Tuesday, November 20, 2018:
Scotland 3-Israel 2 (James Forrest 34, 43, 64 / Berm Kayal 9, Eran Zahavi 75)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Scotland
4
3
0
1
10
4
6
9
2
Israel
4
2
0
2
6
5
1
6
3
Albania
4
1
0
3
1
8
-7
3

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

Note:
1-Scotland has been promoted to Group B, while Albania has been relegated to Group D.


UEFA Nations League-League C-Group 4:

Tuesday, November 20, 2018:
Montenegro 0- Romania 1 (George Tucudean 44)
Serbia 4- Lithuania 1 (Arturas Zulpa (own gola) 51, Aleksandar Mitrovic 58, Aleksandar Prijovic 71, Adem Ljajic 74 / D.Petravicius 64)


Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Serbia
6
4
2
0
11
4
7
14
2
Romania
6
3
3
0
8
3
5
12
3
Montenegro
6
2
1
3
7
6
1
7
4
Lithuania
6
0
0
6
3
16
-13
0

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

Note:
1-Serbia has been promoted to Group B, while Lithuania has been relegated to Group D.


UEFA Nations League-League D-Group 3:

Tuesday, November 20, 2018:
Kosovo 4-Azerbaijan 0 (Arber Zeneli 2, 50, 76, Amir Rrahmani 61)
Malta 1- Faroe Islands 1 (J.Carlos Corbalan 4 / Rene Joensen 3)

Table
Team
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Kosovo
6
4
2
0
15
2
13
13
2
Azerbaijan
6
2
4
0
7
6
1
8
3
Faroe Islands
6
1
2
3
5
10
-5
4
4
Malta
6
0
3
3
5
14
-9
2

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Point

Note:
1-Kosovo has been promoted to Group C.